Прерванный полёт - Vladimir Vysotsky traduction en anglais

Прерванный полёт

Кто-то плод захотел, что неспел, что неспел
Потрусили за ствол - он упал, он упал
Вот вам песня о том, кто не спел, кто не спел
И что голос имел - не узнал, не узнал

Может, были с судьбой нелады, нелады
И со случаем плохи дела, дела
А тугая струна на лады, лады
С незаметным изъяном легла

Он начал робко - с ноты "до"
Но не допел ее не до...
Недозвучал его аккорд, аккорд
И никого не вдохновил
Собака лаяла, а кот
Мышей ловил, мышей ловил

Смешно! Не правда ли, - смешно? Смешно!
Что он шутил - недошутил
Недораспробовал вино
И даже недопригубил

Он пока лишь затеивал спор, спор
Неуверенно и не спеша, не спеша
Словно капельки пота из пор, из пор
Из-под кожи сочилась душа, душа

Только начал дуэль на ковре, на ковре
Еле-еле, едва приступил, приступил
Лишь чуть-чуть осмотрелся в игре, в игре
И судья еще счет не открыл

Он знать хотел все от и до
Но не добрался он, не до...
Ни до догадки, ни до дна, до дна
Не докопался до глубин, глубин
И ту, которая одна, одна
Не долюбил, не долюбил, не долюбил!

Смешно! Не правда ли, - смешно? Смешно!
Что он спешил - недоспешил
Осталось недорешено
Все то, что он недорешил

Ни единою буквой не лгу, не лгу
Он был чистого слога слуга, слуга
И писал ей стихи на снегу, на снегу
К сожалению, тают снега, снега

Но тогда еще был снегопад, снегопад
И свобода творить на снегу, на снегу
И большие снежинки и град, и град
Он губами хватал на бегу

Но к ней в серебряном ландо
Он не недоехал и не до...
Не добежал, бегун-беглец
Не долетел, не долетел
Не доскакал, не доскакал
А звездный знак его - Телец
Холодный Млечный Путь лакал

Смешно! Не правда ли, - смешно? Смешно!
Когда секунд недостает
Недостающее звено
И недолет, и недолет, и недолет

Смешно, не правда ли? Ну, вот
И вам смешно, и даже мне
Конь на скаку, и птица влет, влет
По чьей вине?
По чьей вине?
По чьей вине?

Flight Interrupted

Someone wanted a fruit that was unripe, unripe
They shook the trunk - it fell, it fell
Here's a song for you about the one who didn't sing, who didn't sing
And that he had a voice - he didn't know, didn't know

Maybe there were disagreements with fate, disagreements
And with luck things were bad, bad
And the tight string on the frets, frets
Laid down with an unnoticeable flaw

He started timidly - with the note "do"
But he didn't sing it all the way...
His chord didn't sound out, chord, chord
And he didn't inspire anyone
The dog barked, and the cat
Caught mice, caught mice

Funny! Isn't it funny, - funny!
That he joked - didn't finish joking
Didn't finish tasting the wine
And even didn't finish sipping it

He was only just starting an argument, argument
Unsure of himself and in no hurry, in no hurry
Like droplets of sweat from the pores, from the pores
From under his skin his soul oozed out, soul

He was just starting a duel in the arena
Barely, barely started, started
Just looked around a bit in the game, in the game
And the referee hadn't even opened the счет

He wanted to know everything from A to Z
But he didn't get there, he didn't...
Neither to the guess, nor to the bottom, bottom
He didn't dig down to the depths, depths
And the one that is the only one, the only one
He didn't love enough, didn't love enough, didn't love enough!

Funny! Isn't it funny, - funny!
That he was in a hurry - didn't finish being in a hurry
All that he didn't finish saying
Remained unfinished

I'm not lying, I'm not lying about a single letter
He was a servant of pure style, servant
And he wrote poems for her on the snow, on the snow
Unfortunately, the snows melt, snows

But then there was still a snowfall, snowfall
And freedom to create on the snow, on the snow
And big snowflakes and hail, hail
He caught it with his lips on the run

But to her in a silver lando
He didn't finish driving and didn't...
Didn't finish running, runaway
Didn't finish flying, didn't finish flying
Didn't finish galloping, didn't finish galloping
And his star sign - Taurus
Drank from the Cold Milky Way

Funny! Isn't it funny, - funny!
When seconds are missing
The missing link
And undershoot, and undershoot, and undershoot

Funny, isn't it? Well, here
Both you and even I think it's funny
The horse on the run, and the bird in flight, flight
Whose fault is it?
Whose fault is it?
Whose fault is it?